Artmageddon

Nice intro.

Nice. Glad you guys made it back safe with no issues.

We're still cool only because you are part of the gang. You make up for the rest of us.

I watched it last year, I like it. One of the few shows I watch regularly. Looking forward to this season. F/X does a good job with it's series. Rescue Me, The Shield, Sons. My only problem is that they show a season, and then don't show the next for like a year and half. Easy to lose interest. Used to love Rescue Me, but after the hiatus, just couldn't get back into it.

balaormiga for the lame Friday win!

Damn Lance, sniffing Shauna's friends and you're not even here! Nah, there is only one left anyway, I think they are crashing. They have been drinking since 3.

Young and poor is a whole different world than being old and lame. We've all been there, man. No worries.

What's really sad is my wife and her friends are downstairs partying it up. Teachers really freakin' drink and whoop it up. They act like they are still high school.

I did. Welcome to Lameville. At least you're in the boonies and have an excuse.

Sorry, bro. Happening way too much lately. Ride safe boys and girls.

It's Friday night, nice weather in late summer, and I am sitting at home, installing a new motherboard and processor in my pc. I am now officially a nerd. I was only pushing towards geekdom before. Looking at my buddy list, looks like I have plenty of company in the land of lame (jagr, mr. anderson, wheezle, reconrat, yeah you guys.)

Sorry to hear that, man. Like others have said, OR is here for support if you want and need it. Whether we know you or not, we are behind you. Bust your ass in rehab, you never know what might happen. Best wishes and good luck.

Awww. I'll see you Sunday, cuddly bear.

about 7400 since April or May.

I hear ya. Was even worse through West Texas on I10 on my way back.

I was just reading about something like this on cracked.com. For a comedy site, it is pretty insightful. http://www.cracked.com/article/114_5-superpowers-you-didnt-know-your-body-was-hiding-from-you/ Not related to perception, but still a damned fine article on cracked as well.... http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html

Thanks Pat! St Louis is really nice. I want to go back there, didn't seem motorcycle friendly though. No parking and I saw very few riders there. Still, we should ride there sometime, not til spring though.

Alright, had a few minutes to get the pics together finally. Like I said, I didn't really didn't take a lot of pics. I was into hardcore technical photography for so long, it is hard for me to get interested in taking snapshots. But here are a few and some ride descriptions. Day 1: Indianapolis- Friday, Rush Hour, Pouring rain. Fun. Illinois- I never realized it was so goddamn empty. It was border, Effingham in the middle, and Troy near Missouri. Everyone must live in the northern part. St Louis- Cool town. would like to go back. Architecture is pretty cool, and they are trying hard to be a larger city and arts center. Day 2: Missouri- Got a late start, stayed in Joplin near OK border. The only thing I remember about MO was they have mile markers every two-tenths of a mile. This really drags out the ride, because they are in your face and makes ever mile feel like five. Day 3: Oklahoma. Toll booths anyone? Never got off the highway once and went through 9 different tolls. Oklahoma City smelled like fresh laundry. Texas- stayed in Shamrock across from one of the buildings they used in the Pixar movie Cars. Day 4: Rest of Texas. meh. New Mexico, this is where the trip started getting good. New Mexico is a pretty scenic state. As I was getting closer to Albuquerque, I watched a giant rain cloud just get larger and larger for about 50 miles. I finally got under itand it dumped on me for a few minutes, and dried up. Just enough to soak me in one one the dryest states in the country. Made it to Albuquerque and crashed. Day 5: Cruised through Albuquerque for a while, love this town. I love old signs, and Central Ave(Route 66) still looks like the 50's. Awesome, should have stayed and explored here a bit more. Decided to stop going west here, and head south through Texas and go see a friend in Houston. Best decision of the trip. The ride from Albuquerque to El Paso was amazing. Giant sweeping highways through the desert and mountains, 75 MPH speed limits and no cops anywhere. I25 follows the Rio Grande for a while, and I reccomend this drive to anyone that is out that way. Day 6: West Texas, El Paso to Ozona. Most suprising part of the ride. West Tex is a combination of New Mexico and Northern Arizona. Beautiful. 80 MPH speed limits, very strange blowing by a Texas State trooper doing 80 and not get pulled over. El Paso my as well be Mexico. You can walk across the Rio Grande on a foot bridge. I could see Mexico from my room, and I10 follows the border for a while. Pretty cool. If Would have had a pasport, I would crossed over for a while. Ozona starts Big Hill Country. Reminded me of southern WV. Day 7: Ozona to Houston. This drive was fairly boring once I got to San Antonio. After taht it was just hot desert until I got to Houston. Saw the temp, 102 degrees. Got right outside of Houston and hit a big storm. Stopped at and underpass to wait it out, saw funnel clouds. There was another guy there from Houston on a Harley, said I was lucky I stopped when I did. Got pretty bad for a minute. The wind all across Texas is crazy. Doing 80 in 40 MPH winds beats the shit out of you. Got hang witha good friend in Houston, first real human interaction in a week. Day 8 & 9: Gotta love all the bridges through Louisiana. One of them was at least 16 miles long,I check on the tripmeter. A few go real high in the air too. New Orleans. I love this town. Hadn't been there since about 2001. While there are still parts pretty torn up from Katrina, overall it's actually built up more than I remember. Cruising through the French Quarter and Magazine street was awesome. Didn't party much, $10 beers on Bourbon St. gets old fast. There was a gay festival there, saw more man-flesh than I needed to. They pretty stuck to one block, so it wasn't an issue. Stayed two nights beacuse I was tired and when I was getting ready to leave after one, it was pouring. Tired of rain. Wish I would have left after the first day now. New Orleans is not the party town everyone thinks it is. Bourbon St is tamer than comfest when it's not Mardi Gras. I would have had much more fun with my wife. It is more a city for couples. Day 10: Sunday, now had two days to go 900 miles for work on Tues. No problem. Slidell, LA. Floods, pics inthe first post. More torrential downpours in Mississippi. Crazy. Only made it 100. Day 11. 800 miles to go, I can do it, test of endurance. Would have made it if I could have seen through the fog in the morning in MS, and even worse in KY in the evening. Made it 650. Too tired, and couldn't even see as far as my headlight extended. Decided to pull over instead of wreck on winding KY highways. Day 12: Half day late for work, nothing like riding 150 miles exhausted, in the fog, and don't even get to go home. . Well, even with the bad weather, I had fun. A few of the weather days made for quite the adventure. I won't do this again until I have a big touring bike, and probably not alone. I got a little lonely, and missed my wife and dog. 3-4 max for solo trips for now on. My ass and shoulders are still sore.